Trackman Hitting Leaders: KC Royals Scout Day
July 23, 2024
On Thursday July 11th Prep Baseball or South Carolina was on hand at Charleston Southern University for a Scout Day with players from KC Royals. The Scout Day featured players from the 2025-2028 Grad Classes.
The day began with players going through a rotation that involved running a laser timed 60 and taking batting practice on the field with Trackman collecting ball flight data. After batting practice, position players went through a defensive evaluation. The scout day concluded with pitchers throwing a controlled bullpen with Trackman gathering information on each pitch.
Below we begin our breakdown of the players in attendance. Look for more information to follow in the coming days.
Below we will look at the statistical breakdown for the event.
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Trackman Leaders - Hitting
PEAK EXIT VELOCITY
TrackMan is able to track every ball hit into fair territory, throughout the BP sessions. Below are the exit velocities produced by individual players.
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Exit Velocity (max) |
1 | Jayden Williams | SC | Spring Valley | 2025 | OF | 94.1 mph |
2 | Jayden Dorsett | SC | Stratford | 2026 | C | 91.1 mph |
3 | Chance Johnson | SC | Blythewood | 2026 | SS | 90.4 mph |
4 | Kaden Giles | SC | Blythewood | 2026 | OF | 88.1 mph |
5 | JT Williams | SC | Lugoff-Elgin | 2026 | 3B | 85.9 mph |
6 | Trenton Morris | SC | Summerville | 2027 | OF | 84.8 mph |
7 | Cayden Haught | SC | Cane Bay | 2026 | C | 84.6 mph |
8 | Brady Quirk | SC | Fort Dorchester | 2028 | 1B | 83.8 mph |
9 | Cooper Smallwood | SC | Chapin | 2028 | 1B | 83.4 mph |
10 | Chance O'Cain | SC | Chapin | 2027 | SS | 82.0 mph |
AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY
The average exit velocity measures a players ability to consistently produce hard contact. The average was taken based on every ball tracked by TrackMan throughout the player's BP session.
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Exit Velocity (avg) |
1 | Jayden Dorsett | SC | Stratford | 2026 | C | 85.0 mph |
2 | Jayden Williams | SC | Spring Valley | 2025 | OF | 84.1 mph |
3 | Chance Johnson | SC | Blythewood | 2026 | SS | 77.5 mph |
4 | Trenton Morris | SC | Summerville | 2027 | OF | 76.6 mph |
5 | JT Williams | SC | Lugoff-Elgin | 2026 | 3B | 75.0 mph |
6 | Cooper Smallwood | SC | Chapin | 2028 | 1B | 74.5 mph |
7 | Brady Quirk | SC | Fort Dorchester | 2028 | 1B | 74.4 mph |
8 | Kaden Giles | SC | Blythewood | 2026 | OF | 71.7 mph |
9 | Cayden Haught | SC | Cane Bay | 2026 | C | 69.4 mph |
10 | Kingston Brown | NC | Providence Grove | 2028 | 2B | 69.2 mph |
DISTANCE OFF THE BAT
TrackMan is able to measure and track the ball while in the air. For every fair ball put in play it will display the distance the hit traveled.
Peak Distance - Best of the Hitter’s Session
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Distance (max) |
1 | Jayden Williams | SC | Spring Valley | 2025 | OF | 317 ft |
2 | Kaden Giles | SC | Blythewood | 2026 | OF | 308 ft |
3 | Chance Johnson | SC | Blythewood | 2026 | SS | 281 ft |
4 | JT Williams | SC | Lugoff-Elgin | 2026 | 3B | 276 ft |
5 | Jackson Williams | SC | Spring Valley | 2027 | 2B | 273 ft |
6 | Brady Quirk | SC | Fort Dorchester | 2028 | 1B | 272 ft |
7 | Bryson Heath | SC | Berkeley | 2026 | 1B | 257 ft |
8 | Cayden Haught | SC | Cane Bay | 2026 | C | 247 ft |
9 | Trenton Morris | SC | Summerville | 2027 | OF | 247 ft |
10 | Lawton Nelson | SC | Wando | 2028 | 2B | 243 ft |
Average Distance - Average of each ball tracked in the Session
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Distance (avg) |
1 | Kaden Giles | SC | Blythewood | 2026 | OF | 221 ft |
2 | JT Williams | SC | Lugoff-Elgin | 2026 | 3B | 203 ft |
3 | Chance Johnson | SC | Blythewood | 2026 | SS | 198 ft |
4 | Jayden Williams | SC | Spring Valley | 2025 | OF | 194 ft |
5 | Jackson Williams | SC | Spring Valley | 2027 | 2B | 193 ft |
6 | Lawton Nelson | SC | Wando | 2028 | 2B | 184 ft |
7 | Brady Quirk | SC | Fort Dorchester | 2028 | 1B | 180 ft |
8 | Chance O'Cain | SC | Chapin | 2027 | SS | 166 ft |
9 | Cayden Haught | SC | Cane Bay | 2026 | C | 158 ft |
10 | Trenton Morris | SC | Summerville | 2027 | OF | 156 ft |
LAUNCH ANGLE PERCENTAGE
Based on the ball flight, TrackMan is able to identify each hit as a ground ball, line drive, or fly ball. While there are many factors as to why a hitter may approach each pitch in a certain way, the overall groupings of BP can give some insight to each hitter's approach.
Line Drive %
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Line Drive % |
1 | Kingston Brown | NC | Providence Grove | 2028 | 2B | 71 % |
2 | Trenton Morris | SC | Summerville | 2027 | OF | 62 % |
3 | Brady Quirk | SC | Fort Dorchester | 2028 | 1B | 50 % |
4 | Jayden Williams | SC | Spring Valley | 2025 | OF | 45 % |
5 | Cayden Haught | SC | Cane Bay | 2026 | C | 42 % |
6 | Kaden Giles | SC | Blythewood | 2026 | OF | 37 % |
7 | Ryan Gristwood | SC | Sumter | 2027 | C | 33 % |
^ | Lawton Nelson | SC | Wando | 2028 | 2B | 33 % |
8 | Cooper Smallwood | SC | Chapin | 2028 | 1B | 30 % |
9 | Chance O'Cain | SC | Chapin | 2027 | SS | 28 % |
^ | JT Williams | SC | Lugoff-Elgin | 2026 | 3B | 28 % |
10 | Darian Miller | SC | Crestwood | 2026 | OF | 20 % |
Fly Ball %
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Fly Ball % |
1 | Jackson Williams | SC | Spring Valley | 2027 | 2B | 100.0 % |
2 | JT Williams | SC | Lugoff-Elgin | 2026 | 3B | 57.1 % |
3 | Kaden Giles | SC | Blythewood | 2026 | OF | 50.0 % |
^ | Lawton Nelson | SC | Wando | 2028 | 2B | 50.0 % |
4 | Bryson Heath | SC | Berkeley | 2026 | 1B | 42.9 % |
5 | Jayden Williams | SC | Spring Valley | 2025 | OF | 36.4 % |
6 | Cooper Smallwood | SC | Chapin | 2028 | 1B | 30.0 % |
7 | Chance O'Cain | SC | Chapin | 2027 | SS | 28.6 % |
8 | Chance Johnson | SC | Blythewood | 2026 | SS | 22.2 % |
9 | Brady Quirk | SC | Fort Dorchester | 2028 | 1B | 16.7 % |
10 | Cayden Haught | SC | Cane Bay | 2026 | C | 14.3 % |
Ground Ball %
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Ground Ball % |
1 | Jayden Dorsett | SC | Stratford | 2026 | C | 100 % |
2 | Darian Miller | SC | Crestwood | 2026 | OF | 60 % |
3 | Aaron King | SC | Sumter | 2028 | OF | 50 % |
4 | Chance Johnson | SC | Blythewood | 2026 | SS | 44 % |
5 | Cayden Haught | SC | Cane Bay | 2026 | C | 42 % |
6 | Cooper Smallwood | SC | Chapin | 2028 | 1B | 40 % |
7 | Brady Quirk | SC | Fort Dorchester | 2028 | 1B | 33 % |
8 | Kingston Brown | NC | Providence Grove | 2028 | 2B | 28 % |
9 | Trenton Morris | SC | Summerville | 2027 | OF | 25 % |
10 | Jayden Williams | SC | Spring Valley | 2025 | OF | 18 % |
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